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Reading for #MCRSF...
The book cover, blurb and quotes (Richard Morgan - eurgh) do not fill me with confidence... Nor does the opening note about this being an omnibus edition and how that works...
And "Notes and References for..." Oh dear... Is it going to be one of those books...
Reading for #MCRSF...
The book cover, blurb and quotes (Richard Morgan - eurgh) do not fill me with confidence... Nor does the opening note about this being an omnibus edition and how that works...
And "Notes and References for..." Oh dear... Is it going to be one of those books...
"The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds. Except that they're really …
For #mcrsf
Managed to put together some SVG graphs for @mcrscifi data over lunch, no particularly clear trends although we've scored lower than average this year.
Scores against number of pages are skewed by REAMDE. 😀
Managed to put together some SVG graphs for @mcrscifi data over lunch, no particularly clear trends although we've scored lower than average this year.
Scores against number of pages are skewed by REAMDE. 😀
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, …
He had not thought to control his dragon-incited emotions, and Lessa's first experience had been violent. ... He had been a careful and considerate lover ever since, but, unless Ramoth and Mnementh were involved, he might as well call it rape.
Yet he knew someday, somehow, he would coax her into responding wholeheartedly to his love-making. He had a certain pride in his skill, and he was in a position to persevere.
— Dragonflight (Corgi Science-Fiction) by Anne McCaffrey (Page 192 - 193)
Does it get any better now that Lessa is the queen of the Dragonriders? No. No it does not.
Ready to chuck this across the room again
This seems to be a society both needing a Queen to rule it, but also being utterly disdainful of women generally... This really not a fun read.
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, …
The decay of the Weyr ... cames also from inferior queens and incompetent Weyrwomen.
— Dragonflight (Corgi Science-Fiction) by Anne McCaffrey (Page 40)
Well, that escalated from muttering about the most recent queen being "worse than useless"
And we have a seeming harem of women for the Lord of the Hold (not the narrator above)...
This is not exactly filling me with joy so far.
To think it came out around the same time as The Left Hand of Darkness
Well, that escalated from muttering about the most recent queen being "worse than useless"
And we have a seeming harem of women for the Lord of the Hold (not the narrator above)...
This is not exactly filling me with joy so far.
To think it came out around the same time as The Left Hand of Darkness
When the ex-wife of Ray Thomas's sworn enemy hires him to find her daughter, the …
Content warning Yes, spoilers, but mostly notes for bookclub
For #mcrsf. So far more techno-thriller than anything. The supposed pandemics "crippling" London seem to be... Not...
Yesterday at @mcrscifi we discussed Blue Light by Walter Mosley. It ended up being the lowest scoring book ever in the 15 years the club has been running, with 1.2 out of 5 Giant Murderous Butterflies (we pick something amusing related to the book as the scoring mechanism).
You can see all the books we've read, suggested and rejected, as well as stats, on our database, and new members are always welcome:
Yesterday at @mcrscifi we discussed Blue Light by Walter Mosley. It ended up being the lowest scoring book ever in the 15 years the club has been running, with 1.2 out of 5 Giant Murderous Butterflies (we pick something amusing related to the book as the scoring mechanism).
You can see all the books we've read, suggested and rejected, as well as stats, on our database, and new members are always welcome:
We only have 3 books on our upcoming list for @mcrscifi so it will soon be time to pick the next batch of books to read! If you want to suggest something for us you can see everything we've read, suggested and rejected on our book database:
Criteria (not always strictly adhered to): sci-fi, up to 400 pages, novels rather than short story collections, not something we've read before, diversity in authors & types of story.
We only have 3 books on our upcoming list for @mcrscifi so it will soon be time to pick the next batch of books to read! If you want to suggest something for us you can see everything we've read, suggested and rejected on our book database:
Criteria (not always strictly adhered to): sci-fi, up to 400 pages, novels rather than short story collections, not something we've read before, diversity in authors & types of story.
THE MOST FUN YOU'LL EVER HAVE WITH A SKELETON
THE EMPEROR NEEDS NECROMANCERS
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Once more into the lesbian space necromancers book for #mcrsf
I hope I like more than the first chapter this time... Come on penwing, positive attitude...
The original story of science gone berserk: one that changed how far our dreams can …
Reading for #mcrsf
SWASTIKA NIGHT takes place seven hundred years after Nazism achieved power, by which time Adolf …
#mcrsf read for Jan 2025. Plenty to think about
SWASTIKA NIGHT takes place seven hundred years after Nazism achieved power, by which time Adolf …
#mcrsf read for January 2025
Did a bit more work on the @mcrscifi books list today: read books now link to the relevant website post (where available), non-existent sections return a 404 response, and added a few more suggestions based on 'books of 2024' lists.
Did a bit more work on the @mcrscifi books list today: read books now link to the relevant website post (where available), non-existent sections return a 404 response, and added a few more suggestions based on 'books of 2024' lists.
